Articles: farmland

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How to Pick Land: Good Enough is Perfect

There is a lot to consider when getting ready to pick land for farming— location, size, price, soil quality, water access, etc. When considering such factors, it…

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Getting Wild: Take A Walk on the Wild Side

John and Nancy Hayden have spent the last quarter century transforming their organic vegetable and livestock operation into an agroecological, regenerative fruit farm, nursery, and pollinator sanctuary.…

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Site Repair: Using the Land’s History

Buying a new property is exciting. You might have hundreds of ideas running through your head about where you want to put buildings or clear away trees…

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Hybrid Hazelnuts – A New Resilient Crop for a Changing Climate

In the face of global threats like climate instability, food insecurity, and water pollution, scientists are looking to how we use our agricultural land for solutions. One such…

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Your Starting Place as a Farmer

We don’t often think about how, long ago, the towering and strong trees we see around us in communities and the rows of Christmas trees on farms…

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